12-Letter Adjectives Starting With I

Here's the list of all the 247 12-Letter Adjectives Starting With I in the English Language.

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intellectual
1. appealing to or using the intellect
2. involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct
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incorporated
1. formed or united into a whole
2. organized and maintained as a legal corporation
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intermediate
1. lying between two extremes in time or space or state
2. around the middle of a scale of evaluation
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instrumental
1. relating to or designed for or performed on musical instruments
2. serving or acting as a means or aid
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introductory
1. serving to open or begin
2. serving as a base or starting point
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insufficient
1. of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
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inconsistent
1. not capable of being made consistent or harmonious
2. not in agreement
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inflammatory
1. characterized or caused by inflammation
2. arousing to action or rebellion
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identifiable
1. capable of being identified
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invitational
1. pertaining to or characteristic of an invitation
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incompatible
1. not compatible
2. used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect
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intermittent
1. stopping and starting at irregular intervals
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irrespectiveMore Definitions →
interpretive
1. that provides interpretation
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illustrative
1. clarifying by use of examples
2. serving to demonstrate
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irresistible
1. impossible to resist; overpowering
2. overpoweringly attractive
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inaccessible
1. capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all
2. not capable of being obtained
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irreversible
1. incapable of being reversed
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illuminating
1. tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
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intimidating
1. discouraging through fear
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impoverished
1. poor enough to need help from others
2. destroyed financially
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interstellar
1. between or among stars
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incandescent
1. emitting light as a result of being heated
2. characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance
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interstitial
1. of or relating to interstices
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inconvenient
1. not conveniently timed
2. not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs
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invertebrate
1. lacking a backbone or spinal column
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interlocking
1. linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing
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illegitimate
1. contrary to or forbidden by law
2. of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful
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interrelated
1. reciprocally connected
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inflationary
1. associated with or tending to cause increases in inflation
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intracranial
1. within the skull
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incomparable
1. such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared
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intoxicating
1. causing intoxication
2. extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic
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inconclusive
1. not conclusive; not putting an end to doubt or question
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intersecting
1. crossed or intersected in the form of an X
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inapplicable
1. not capable of being applied
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inexplicable
1. incapable of being explained or accounted for
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invigorating
1. imparting strength and vitality
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intelligible
1. capable of being apprehended or understood
2. well articulated or enunciated, and loud enough to be heard distinctly
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intensifying
1. increasing in strength or intensity
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inadmissible
1. not deserving to be admitted
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impenetrable
1. permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
2. impossible to understand
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intrauterine
1. within the womb
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indisputable
1. not open to question; obviously true
2. impossible to doubt or dispute
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immeasurable
1. beyond calculation or measure
2. impossible to measure
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interminable
1. tiresomely long; seemingly without end
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indefensible
1. (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified
2. not able to be protected against attack
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inhospitable
1. unfavorable to life or growth
2. not hospitable
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incalculable
1. not able to be computed or enumerated
2. too much to be measured
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invalidating
1. establishing as invalid or untrue
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intransitive
1. designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object
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invulnerable
1. immune to attack; impregnable
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isolationist
1. of or relating to isolationism
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insufferable
1. unbearably arrogant or conceited
2. too extreme to bear
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insecticidal
1. of or relating to insecticide
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inarticulate
1. without or deprived of the use of speech or words
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iconoclastic
1. characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions
2. destructive of images used in religious worship; said of religions, such as Islam, in which the representation of living things is prohibited
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12-Letter Adjectives Starting With I